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TIL that autopilot was first invented in 1912

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1XEr TIL that the “rules of the food game in America are organized in such a way that if you are eating on a budget, the most rational economic strategy is to eat badly — and get fat. Adam Drewnowski found that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips but only 250 calories of carrots.
j6j9a TIL that Capetown, South Africa has a large gang called The Ugly Americans.
nQd TIL Most movies depicting death by lava get it wrong, because you would not sink into the lava due to its density.
9RjX TIL that Robert Rodriguez left the directors guild because he wanted to list frank miller as a co-director for sin city as his style influenced the film so much but the directors guild wouldn’t allow it.
GAWNG TIL Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the USA. It contains 29 buildings and 3,142 units for 7,000 people.